The Republican journal., 1887-12-08

is Hogg who has evidently eaten it and left
the mammoth Cobb, who comes from Indi-
ana We have in the sc,E,tc Il Plumb and a
decidedly big Berry. Ne have Dunn in
the house and We "ct 4 very fair article of
Coke, from Texas: III the senate Wisconsin
has its Price and with it is the Grain, who
comes from Texas. We have four inca Of
the same names as former president, i'll HIr
Hayes, Taylor, Washington and adams. and
the Masons will be delighted to know that in
the house of representatives there i, Lodge
and Hall
If the farmers come here they Will find Il
Lane differing from that through which they
drive their cows to milking and the lumber
men will find Sawyer who is worth more
tens Of thousands of dollars than he weighs
pounds and who is as good naturcd as he is
wealthy. Clothing men may shake hands
with Taylor, sportsmcn can shoot with
Hunter, and haberdashcrs may make some
kind of u contract with Glover
There is neither Butcher Candlcstickmakcr,
But you will find here the Fisher. the Weaver
and Baker;
You may meet here a Mason, Miller cnl bher-
man,
Drink beer with Brewer or Peel alp!r. with
Herman.
We have Holman and Doothman, and Grtcnman
and Tillman,
And our Wise man and Bland man orc Gay be.
side Merriman.
But names mean nothing.
Tho now sergeant at arms is the old one.
1t is cx-CongrcSsman Leedom of Ohio, Il
straight, slender, red mustachcd mali of
medium height, and one of the most popular
servants of tho house. Gen. Arson G. Ne
Cook continues to be sergeant at arm; of tho
senate. He is tall, well made and s;Iuar "
built He has tho heavy jaw of the Fighting
McCooks, and he is as blunt and brainy in
his ways was Brutus, Caesars friend. He
is well to do, also and has q fortune in a law
newspaper, with which he is connected in
New York. The sergeant at arms of the
house and senate get the same salary as men,
bers of congress, and the position is good
ono.
took good look at John J. ingalls, cs he
presided over the senate for the first time this
session. He is going to make a good presid-
ing officer and | judge that he will not aI>-
pear very much on the floor of the house
This office increases his salary $1,000 year,
and, as l understand Ingalls, is not rich
man, this makes some difference to him. He
will entertain here this winter and his wife,
who has many of tho qualities of Mrs. John
A. Logan, will be one of the leading ladies of
the capital. She will rank next in standing
to the wife of the president, and she is both
beautiful and accomplished She comes from
New York originally, but her father moved
to Kansas when she was girl, and she mar
ried ingalls, when he was q young lawyer
there. She has q very pretty daughter, who
will be one of the dcbutantes this winter
Mrs. Carlisle will still remain at tho Riggs
house, and this will mako that hotel some
thing of society center. She will give her
afternoon teas and receptions and will dis
pense her Kentucky hospitality as far as sho
can at an hotel. As it is she has to keep up
the whole of the social end of her family for
the speaker is not much of a society man,
and, though he attends dinners now and
then, and goes to the regular Washington
captions, he would rather think figures than
drink champagne, and gets more fun out of
statistics supporting his free trade IDEAS than
poker, whist or baccarat.
THOMAS J. TODD.